Dirigible headlight for vehicles.



E: M LYONP DHHGIBLE HEADLIGHT FOR VEHiCLES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.2,19!I.

1,233,078. k Patented July 10, 1917.

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DIRiGiBLE HEADLIGHT FOR VEHICLES. APPLIEATION FILED JAN-2. @917.

1,233,078. Patented July 10, 1917.

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roadway tel" for use in connection which may be quickly and readilyapplied 2 view, which will appear as f the details of constructiongscribed. and claimed that changes in the c the invention herein 50through the l'vall EVA M. LYON, OF ESCONDH)O,.GALIFORNI A.

DIBIGITBLE HEADLIGHT FOB VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent. P t nted July 10, 191?.

hpplication filed January 2, 1917. Serial lio- 140,170.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Em M. LYON, a'citizen ofthe United States, residing at Escondido, in the county of San Diego andState have invented certain new and useful Improvements in DirigihlcHeedlights for Vehicles; and I do declare the following to be a. full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable 10others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to mounted to turn with the steering wheels of amechanically propelled vehicle so that the i may he lighted in advanceof the vehicle when rounding a curve or turning a corner.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and eflicient deviceof this cllaruc- \vilh Ford cars,

by an inexperienced person without in any way altering the 'car.

With the foregoing and other objects in the description roceeds, theinvention resides in the coinliination and arrungcn'icnt of parts und inhereinafter deit being understood precise embodiment of disclosed may hemade within the scope of what is claimed without departing from thespirit of the invention.

In the accom xmying drawings:

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a Ford automobile equipped withthis improvement;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the attachment shown applied withthe'lampposts in section;

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of the attachment at the driving sideof the car;

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view thereof with the parts injuxtaposition. ready for assembling;

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view showing the connection of link 24and arm 18; and Fig. 6 .is a vertical transverse section and socketconnection of link 24 and transverse rod 'lT-R.

The lamp operating mechanism constitutin this invention 1s desi led foruse in con g g n ction' wit Ford automobiles. and in the 5 cmhodimenillustrated a Ford car is shown headlights equipped, therewith," Arepresenting the front axle u on the' ends of which the steer'e ingwheels W are mounted in the usual manner. The knucklesK of the steeringwheels are provided with-theusuel steering arms S A whichare-mnnectedbythe transverse rod .T-Rsothat. the-'--wheels are mutancously. turned. in the operation. of the steering mechanism.Thislfsteering mechm nism includes an arrangementofi steering 35 gearcommonly usedon. Ford. cars The lamp controlling. mechanism. constitutin g this inventionrincludesgtwo lamp supports 1 and 2.whichereexactlyialike and hence one-only will bedescribedin detail. The support1 is in the fonn-ota. tube. 3, the upper end of. which isinternallythreadcd for engagementwith the lower-end of the stem S of the ordinaryheadlight ofa' Ford car which is removed rom-thebraeket Bin which it isusually ounted and engaged with this tube 3.- This tube 3 is mounted ina tubular casting 4 which has a later illy extending arm 51at itsyupperend provided with a depending tubular stud 6 0 p which isdesigned to beinsertedinthe opening in the lamplirucket B 'from which the bracketstem. of thclamp is removed sorthat the lump when engaged with thisdevice will he positioned about an inch qnd'one half 86 more or lo e flgm ,the osition which it. usually occu] and in a vancethereof to pro-\iric. for the turning of the lamp without ontacting with the radiatorof the our. The stud l; is internally threaded and is secured 90 to thebracket B by u. bolt-.7 as, is shownclcarly in Fig. 3; The casting 4-loosely reccivcs the tube 3 andsaidituhe is provided at its lower end'with-a collar 8 iigninst which the lower end ofthe casting 4 :i'lmts.This collar 8 is preferably made integral withthe tube 3 find is spacedfrom the lower end thereof. said end hemg reduced in size from saidcollar to ts terminal, and is designed for insertion through an eye 9 inan arm 10 and is held in. engagement therewith by a nut threaded on saidreduced end. It is of course understood that the parts above described.are all duplicated :itthc o 'ipositc side of the car to mounting of thetwo headlights, and the arms 10 are connected at their free ends whichextend renrwzlrdly from the lamp supporting posts by a connecting rod11,

the main or boob! portion of which is offset 1 10 provide for thedownwardly to provide for its proper positioning below the radiator .01"the car. This rod 11 is connected at its opposite ends with the arms byadjustable couplings 12.

These couplings 12 are each here shown in the form of a tubularinteriorly' threaded socket 13 which has threaded engagement with oneend of the rod 11 and is held in ad- ,justed positionthereon by a locknut 14.

same at both ends of said rod. This con-,.

- -nectionof the arms 10 by the rod 11 provides for the simultaneous twoheadlights.

Rigidly secured to the arm 10 at the drive side of the car is an arm 18which isoli'set urning of the 'downwardly intermediately of its ends asrnected therewith by a bolt 4 shown at 19, the front portion of vhichprojects some distance beyond the end of arm 10. and is provided with asocket mem- 8.

ber 20 similar to the sockets '13 which connect arms 10 with theconnecting rod 11.;

and by means of which said socket member isadjustableon said arm 18., Acooperating connecting coupling 21 has an eye 22 disposed between theeye carrying arms of the socket member 20 and is pivotally con- 23. Thiscoupling 21 is threaded on the end of a link or rod-24, the free end ofwhich has a ball 25 extending laterally therefrom and which forms onemember of a ball and socket connection which unites the link 24 to thetransverse rod T R which connects the steerin wheel's.

Ihc socket member with which the ball 25 is engaged is adj ustablyclamped to the steering or connecting bar '1 R.

The distance from center of arm 10 at the drive side of the car, and theconnection beatcd.

tween the end of arm-18 and link 24 is preferably one inch shorter-thanthe length of the steering arms b A of the car, which provides for theturning of the lights approximately two inchcs farther than the steeringwheels when the latter are actu The use of the ball and socket joint inconnection with. the link which is attached directly to the arm of thelamp post at the drive side of the car permits any spring to be taken u3 by said joint.

To inst: 1 this attachment on a Ford car all that is necessary is tounscrew the nuts from the lamp stems, remove the stems from the bracketswhich usually support them,

' below the bracket a and drive into the hearings in said brackets fromwhich the lamp stems were removed the studs 6 of the castings 4 andsecure them in position by the bolts 7. The tubes 3 are then entered-inthe casting/1 and screwed onto the stems of the lamp, which stems areprovided with annular shoulders s and these shoulders rest and turn onthe tops of the castings i. The lower ends of the tubes 3 are theninserted through the eyes in the free ends of the arms 10 and held inconneotion therewith by the nuts' which are threaded on the lower endsof said tubes beyond said arms. Connecting rod 11 is then engaged withthe arms 10 by the bolts 17 in the manner above described, and the twolamps are connected toturn synchronously. The ball and socket connectionof the link 24 is then properly positioned on the" transverse connectingrod T R and securely clanned thereto, and the lights are then read or rFromt e above'description it will be obvious that no' vibration willoccur in this device, but should there be any, it maybe readily taken upwith a lock washer mounted on the bottom of the tube 3 between the arm10 and the nut on said tube.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings,

the advantages of theconstruction and the method of operation will bereadily apparent to those skilled in the art towlnch the inventionappertains, and while I have described the principle of operation of theinvention together with the device which I now consider to be the bestembodimentthereot'QI desire to have it understood that the device shownis merely illustrative and that such changesmay be made as are with-' inthe scope of the claimed invention.

I claim: 1. The combination with a a steerin mechanism anda lampsupporting bra cet provided with an opening extending verticallytherethrough, of a. tubular casting having an arm extending laterallyfrom one end and rovided with an extension arranged parall casting, saidextension being mounted in said bracket openingito position said castinglaterally in saidbracket with its body portion lam carrying membermounted to turn m sai casting and projectmg beyond its lower end, acollar on the projecting end of said member spaced slightly above itsterminal and formin a stop to limit the insertion of said mom in saidcasting, a lamp having a post extending into t 1e upper end ofsaidcasting and detachably secured therein 'to turn with said member,said post having a. shoulder resting and turning on said casting, alaterally extending arm rigidly secured to the projecting end of saidlamp carrying memvehicle having el with said tubular ber below thecollar thereon, and a connection. between said arm and the steeringchauism whereby to turn said lamp.

2. Thecombinatlon in an automobile with a tubular lampbracket carriedthereby, of a substantially tubular lamp post rotatably mounted in saidbracket and having a closed lower end provided with a. reduceddownwardly extending terminal portion, a collar formed on said post andspaced from its lower terminal to limit the insertion of the post in thebracket, a lamp carrying stem to be detachably fastened in the upper endof said post and turned therewith, said stem havin ,an annular shoulderthereon to engage t e upper end of port the lamp, an arm secured on thereduced portion of said post, and a connection between said arm and thesteering mechanism of the automobile to turn said lamp.

3. The combination in an automobile having steering arms operativelyconnected by a transverse" rod and a lam carrying post rotatably mountedin a brac et on the autosaid bracket and sup--.

mobile and projecting below said bracket, of a laterally and rearwardlyextending arm secured at one end to the lower end of said post, theother end of said arm being ada ted for operating connection with anoter lamp carrying post, a longitudinally ofiset crank arm secured to thefirst named arm and projecting longitudinally beyond its rear end toform a continuation thereof, said crank and first-named arms beingshorter in total length than the steering arm of the automobile, and asubstantially transversel extending connecting rod between said emu; armand the transverse rod of mechanism, whereby to turn the lam said postin advance of the wheels 0 automobile.

In testimony my hand in the witnesses.

on the whereof I have hereunto set presence of two subscribing EVA M.LYON. Witnesses:

O. R. MAYNARD, L. N. TURBEN'IINE.

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